Limnellia surturi...a rather smart, rather little shore fly (Ephydridae) on sand outside a rabbit burrow at Cali Heath @yorkswildlife.bsky.social reserve yesterday. Looks to be a new VC record. #Ephydridae #shoreflies @dipteristsforum.bsky.social @ynuorg.bsky.social

Habitus of male Scatophila spp. 13. S. oltmannsi sp. n. [holotype]. 14. S. oltmannsi sp. n., dorsal view [holotype]. 15. S. pumilio (Loew, 1860) [Portugal, Setúbal]. 16. S. quadriguttata (Meigen, 1830) [Germany, Lower Saxony, Meetschow].

Taxonomic and faunistic comments on European Scatophila Becker (Diptera: Ephydridae), with descriptions of four new species

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Lateral macro of a very small brown-grey fly with green eyes

Glenanthe sp. female from Hayling Island the other day. A very small saltmarsh #Ephydridae with distinctively 'upside down pear' shaped eyes. Likely G. ripicola but can't rule out G. fuscinervis without a male.
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Shore fly Setacera micans, with a broad, white-dusted face

The male genitalia of the shore fly Setacera micans.

Setacera micans (Ephydridae) One of those where the scientific name works...'sparkling bristle-horn'. A very smart genus of shore flies found on damp areas of lowland heath locally in East Yorkshire. #ephydridae #ento @dipteristsforum.bsky.social

Here is one of my favorite flies (Diptera) from this year--An Ochthera sp. (Ephydridae) ONy recorded on iNaturalist in RI once before this summer, I found two and a third was found during an RINHS trip to Block Island. There is much to learn.

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#RIDiptera
#Ephydridae

A face-on view of a specimen of the shorefly Paracoenia fumosa, with its rounded eyes and broad whitish face, covered in short bristles and showing the 'frog-face' that is typical of many shoreflies in family Ephydridae. From the Lincolnshire coast last June.

There have been several rather nice #Ephydridae shoreflies being shared for #FlyFriday so here's another - look out for the @dipteristsforum.bsky.social workshop next March at FSC Preston Montford, which will provide help getting to know this under-recorded family

Philygria picta, not its best aspect but still a pretty little #Ephydridae from the New Forest last weekend #flyfriday

Close up of the head of a shore fly, Setacera aurata, with a broad white face covered in short dark hairs.

Happy #flydayfriday from the shore fly Setacera aurata with its rather splendid white and hairy face. From the side of a canal lock gate this week in East Yorkshire. #ento #ephydridae

Head on macro of a very small fly with green eyes

lateral macro of a very small grey fly with green eyes

Composite image of dissected male gen of Hydrellia subalbiceps

Haven't posted here for a while so here's a very small #Ephydridae fly Hydrellia subalbiceps from a mire in the new forest. A frequent species in this sort of habitat but not often recorded. Larvae are unknown but will mine the leaves of one or more wetland plant species

Lateral macro of a small silvery-brown fly with short black bristles

Hecamede albicans from Port Eynon beach. A distinctive silvery #Ephydridae with a shiny black facial tubercle. A very nice first fly from my Dipterists Forum summer meeting samples

Hecamede albicans from Port Eynon beach. A distinctive silvery #Ephydridae with a shiny black facial tubercle and a very nice first fly from my @DipteristsForum summer meeting samples

Lateral macro of a very small brown fly with a bristly face

Philotelma parvum seemingly new to Britain from Hatchet Pond in the New Forest last June. Just one specimen among many hundreds of similar looking flies which is apparently normal for species of this genus which occur at very low densities #Ephydridae

Philotelma parvum seemingly new to Britain from Hatchet Pond in the New Forest last June. Just one specimen among many hundreds of similar looking flies which is apparently normal for species of this genus which occur at very low densities #Ephydridae

Notiphila cinerea new for Fair Isle, White Pan Trap, common elsewhere #Ephydridae #flies #dipteraid #ecology #identificationservices #farmlandflies still have room for any subcontracting for diptera ID or imaging, please see the website dipteraid.co.uk

Ochthera mantis #Ephydridae one of my favourite mire flies

Three tiny acalypterate flies from a Hayling Island saltmarsh last month. Clanoneurum cimiciforme (#Ephydridae), Oscinella pusilla and Aphanotrigonum inerme (both #Chloropidae).

Four #Ephydridae from Dungeness last weekend Scatella ?subguttata, Coenia palustris, Notiphila brunipes, N. riparia

Best thing in the first tube to go under the microscope is this lovely little Trimerina madizans, unusually for an #Ephydridae the larval feed on spider eggs

Three (poor)photos of #Ephydridae from yesterday Hydrellia albilabris, Ilythea spilota and Psilopa nitidula #Diptera